I’m catholic.

Not to be confused with Catholic.

Just, you know, catholic.

As in, Lutheran.

So when my mom and I ran across this little sign off the side of the road, we stopped by to see why Mary was so perpetually sad.

Catholics do churches well.

They do cemeteries well.

They do mini chapels well.

They do crucifixes well.

They do crucifixes really well.

They do crucifixes really, really well.

Heck, they don’t do too shabby with our Lord’s mother either.

But we Lutherans get it even better. We get Mary and chapels and cemeteries. But we also get Christ crucified. We get His humanity. We get His divinity. we get His forgiveness and grace. We get His undeserved love, tenderness, comfort.

We get Christ for us.

“The empty tomb is not enough. What you need is the risen Body of Jesus the crucified. And it is the risen Body of Jesus the Crucified that the Lord provides.” – DHP